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Thursday, August 15, 2019

TMZ-Conor McGregor uncorked a shot to the head of an elderly man in an Irish bar in a dispute over whiskey — Conor’s whiskey — and TMZ Sports got this video showing the violence.

The absurd attack went down at The Marble Arch Pub in Dublin on April 6. Conor walked in and lined up cups for bar patrons … looking to buy a round of his Proper Twelve for everyone. The problems started when the guy opted out. Conor placed a cup in front of him not once, but twice … and he still refused.

Unclear if words were exchanged between them, but after Conor downed a shot with the other drinkers, he unexpectedly threw his notorious left fist and decked the old man who rejected the shot.

Two people immediately grabbed McGregor and pulled him out of the bar. The violence was reported to cops, who announced back in April they’d opened an investigation. It’s unclear if that’s still active, but there are no reports Conor was ever charged — even though cops have reportedly seen this video.

I think we can all agree that Conor McGregor is a piece of shit. He's like a human pitbull. Everyone says but he's a really nice guy and he's so sweet and he would never do anything bad but then you get him a little bit of whiskey in him and pitbull McGregor comes out. I mean he just cold cocked that old man at a bar. That's a cheap shot. Only pussies do that. I think it goes without saying but McGregor needs to be behind bars in a cage like most pitbulls do. It's in their DNA. Once a fighter always a fighter.

Even at 82 years old Lou Holtz still has it. He still has the ability to deliver a speech to rally the troops. To wake up the echoes. To make boys turn into men and run through walls. Lou Holtz might have coached his last game at Notre Dame over two decades ago but you will not find a better ambassador of what Notre Dame football means to a lot of people. "Dr. Lou" speaks from his heart and will get the most out of you no matter what the circumstances. He could tell me to blog more because people depend on it and you know what? My ass would blog for 60 hours straight!

Fox Sport's Colin Cowherd started his annual "shake the coaching carousel tree" segment today on "The Herd" by stating two sources have told him Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer is going to retire from football this year. This would not be shocking at all. In fact we made a SportsCrack shirt in honor of Urban Meyer before the season even kicked off because we kind of figured he had run his course in Columbus.

The coaches agents of course tell this information to Cowherd to get their clients substantial pay raises. If you run the fear of a coach like Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame for the NFL during a resurgence in their program then presumably ND would have to open up their checkbooks to give him and his assistants pay raises to stay. This is the same thing Charlie Weis' agent did in 2005 to get him that huge buyout. That obviously bit ND in the ass.

What I found interesting is Cowherd's mention of Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh as Kelly's eventual replacement. I've actually heard in the past Harbaugh was interested in the Notre Dame job around two years ago when the Fighting Irish struggled to a 4-8 record in Kelly's 7th season in South Bend. Obviously Kelly kept his job and Harbaugh is still in Baltimore but I wouldn't doubt for a second John would jump all over the ND job if it came open this offseason. His daughter will be going to Notre Dame in 2019 on a lacrosse scholarship and John being the devout Catholic he is has always had an infinity for Notre Dame. Notre Dame travels to Ann Arbor next October to take on brother Jim. Could we be looking at Harbaugh Bowl 2.0?

This was the first game I've ever attended where I couldn't stand the cold but more than happy to be at Notre Dame Stadium. I knew the brisk temperatures would work in Notre Dame's favor as soon as I saw the ND players shirtless warming up. Granted FSU is currently an awful 4-6 team but I could see as soon as they got off the bus to walk into Notre Dame stadium that they wanted no part of the mid 20's weather. Notre Dame, even with starter Ian Book out, was led by senior Brandon Wimbush and helped lead a dominating performance from start to finish on Senior Night.

Notre Dame currently stands at 10-0 and will more than likely be at #3 in the College Football Playoff Rankings Show tonight on ESPN after the impressive 42-13 win over FSU. Seniors like Jerry Tillery, Drue Tranquill and Te'von Coney went out in style on Saturday and deserve recognition for making the hard but ultimately right decisions to not leave early for the NFL and return for their final season. All 3 have been dynamite this season for first year defensive coordinator Clark Lea's defense.

On offense you have to give props to of course Wimbush, Dexter Williams and Alize Mack for all battling through various obstacles and staying with ND. All 3 seniors balled out on offense with FreeDex going for over 200 yards against a stingy FSU defense and Mack catching two spectacular TDs toward the back of the endzone. And what about Wimbush who despite being benched for Book earlier this season kept his head up, didn't transfer or pout, and remained an engaged and encouraging teammate. It shows the class and character of Wimbush who went on to throw for 3 TDs Saturday night.

Up next for the Irish are the #12 Syracuse Orangemen. Cuse comes in hot with a top 7 scoring offense. This game is part of the Shamrock Series and will be played at Yankees Stadium. ND has to win out this week and next week at USC in order to make the college football playoffs for the first time in program history.

I didn't want to HAVE to post about this Instagram post from Elizabeth Hurley today but I got multiple heads up texts from friends about this IG post. So it is my civic and moral duty to appease to the masses and tell you that Elizabeth Hurley at the ripe age of 53 still has her fastball. In fact from the looks of it she never actually lost it. Now I've been told her son takes all of her Instagram pictures and videos which doesn't seem weird at all. Go check them out just to make sure.

God I love the Pirate. Not only is Mike Leach the most underrated college football coach (Washington State Cougs #8) in the nation but he's a national treasure with his press conferences. This Halloween one is another gold star for Leach. From stripper costumes to stealing your kid's Halloween candy Mike Leach is the college football gift that keeps on giving because he does not give a fuck. It's a damn shame what Texas Tech did to him and it's ludicrous that Maryland refused to hire him but still keep a coach who basically killed one of his players on staff.

The first two spots with Alabama and Clemson are no surprise to anybody. With the exception of close calls for Clemson vs Texas A&M and Syracuse earlier this season Alabama and the Tigers have throttled everybody. Both programs have a proven track record of not only making the playoffs but also winning them since it started in 2014.

Alabama is an absolute college football juggernaut right now. They have the best offense in the nation led by the best QB, Tua Tagovailoa, in the nation who will more than likely run away with the Heisman Trophy in December. Bama also has the best coach in the nation, the best talent in the nation, and their defense is at least top 5. They are the best in the nation and really it's not even close to who's 2nd. Yeah their schedule hasn't been great so far but they have been putting up nearly 50 points in the first half before turning to Jalen Hurts in the 2nd half just to run the clock and get home to bang coeds and collect booster envelopes.

What is a surprise is LSU being ranked over ND at #3. LSU has a loss. Notre Dame doesn't. LSU's most impressive win is over #6 Georgia. Notre Dame's most impressive win is over #5 Michigan. There is obviously some SEC bias here in this ranking but it doesn't matter because LSU plays Bama this week. LSU will get their asses kicked. Notre Dame goes on the road vs a surging Northwestern team but they should win. If Notre Dame takes care of business like they should in Chicago they will jump to either #3 or #2 depending on how the committee views the win and of course subsequent LSU loss.

Michigan, Georgia, and Oklahoma all come in right about where I thought they would. While they are not in the top 4 they all can still reach the playoffs if they win out the regular season and win their conference championship game. A one-loss Power 5 conference champ named Michigan, UGA and Oklahoma get in over an one-loss Alabama, an one-loss Clemson and an one-loss Notre Dame in my opinion because it's better to lose early than late in college football.

With that being said the only other team I can see reaching the playoffs is Ohio State. Forget about Washington State, Kentucky, and West Virginia. While those programs are playing great with only one loss on their resumes they will all suffer at least one loss if not multiple with their November schedules. No two-loss Power 5 team is getting in over a one-loss Power 5 team or Notre Dame. It's not happening. But if Ohio State who sits at #10 gets their shit together and wins out which they have shown in the past they are capable of doing they will make the playoffs as an one-loss Big Ten Champion.

So essentially if you are a fan of Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Notre Dame, Michigan, Georgia, Oklahoma and Ohio State you will make the playoffs if you win out. All of those programs are legitimate playoff contenders. Unfortunately I'm not so sure it matters who makes the playoffs as long as big swinging dick Nick Saban and his Crimson Tide are mushroom tipping everybody else in the bathroom stall.

Gotta love what the power mullet said here. Gundy basically said fuck those losers on Twitter with their "outside criticism" of Taylor Cornelius and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Cowboys just finished their "upset" at home of the previously #6 ranked Texas Longhorns and Gundy wasn't gonna have any of this bull shit Twitter conversations. And I couldn't agree with Gundy more.

Thursday, October 25, 2018

1) Alabama - The Crimson Tide made it look easy again with an absolute throttling of Tennessee 58-21. Alabama is so good in the first halves they don't even play Tua Tongue-a-violen after half time otherwise they would be putting 100 spots on the board. They get a bye week to rest up for LSU next week in Baton Rouge. If the spread is anything below 21 points you damn well better load up on Bama.

2) Clemson - NC State entered Clemson Saturday undefeated thinking they could give the Tigers a run for their money. They left with an ass whooping instead 41-7. Travis Etienne had another 3 rushing TDs while Trevor Lawrence was as silky smooth as his feminine haircut. The Tigers defense shutdown QB Ryan Finley and look to be on a collision course with the playoffs if they can survive Tallahassee and the Criminoles this weekend. Clemson jumps ND for the #2 spot.

3) Notre Dame - ND enjoyed a much deserved bye week before hitting the road this week to travel to San Diego to play Navy. Navy's pesky triple option will have a hard time getting much going against ND's Lea-gion of Doom with Navy transfer/option shutdown safety Alohi Gilman on seek and destroy missions with the sea men.

4) LSU - While it wasn't the prettiest performance it was still a convincing win over another top 25 opponent for LSU beating Miss State 19-3. LSU gets an off week to prepare their anuses for the big veiny Crimson elephant dick coming in to destroy them in Baton Rouge next week.5) Michigan -Michigan finally beat up on little brother despite the rain delay in East Lansing winning 21-7 in convincing fashion. The Wolverines defense continues to suffocate the opposition and will get a bye week to get ready for another Big Ten "Top 25" opponent in Penn State visiting the world's largest toilet bowl.

6) Florida - Gators had a bye week to get ready for the World's Largest Cocktail Party. This will be the first time both teams are in the top 15 since 2012 and College Game Day will be there for the first time since 2005.

7) Georgia - Dawgs had a bye week too to get ready for Florida. There have been a lot of QB controversy rumblings coming out of Athens this week following Jake Fromm's less than stellar performance vs LSU and Justin Field's lack of playing time. I got a feeling Fromm comes out and lights it up vs Florida to quiet the naysayers.

8) Texas - The Longhorns were off last week to get ready for the Mike Gundy Power Mullets of T. Boone Pickens University. The Cowboys stink this year but I can see them upsetting Texas in a primetime night game on ABC just like what Purdue did to Ohio State last week.9) UCF - In their nation's leading 20th consecutive win UCF forced 5 turnovers and dominated a bad East Carolina team 37-10. The Knights get an off week of sun and fun this week and hope some other teams in front of them lose so they can inch closer to a potential playoff spot.10) Oklahoma - Kyler Murray threw for another 4 TDs in a convincing road win at TCU winning 52-27. It was a good test for Oklahoma after a bye week to rest up after the Red River Shootout lost to Texas. Oklahoma can still make the playoffs if they run the table and with Murray at the controls it wouldn't shock anybody in Norman.